Comments on: Windows tip: How to defragment your hard drive automatically https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/10/11/windows-tip-defragment-hard-drive/ Making sense of gadgets and technology Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: Bba Hunter https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/10/11/windows-tip-defragment-hard-drive/#comment-2987 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:26:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=12694#comment-2987 It would be a good idea to add some information for users of solid state drives. I believe defragmenting a solid state drive does not improve performance, as with mechanical hard drives, but instead will actually shorten the solid state drives lifespan.

]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/10/11/windows-tip-defragment-hard-drive/#comment-2812 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:39:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=12694#comment-2812 In reply to Michele Case Rideout.

Excellent point. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Michele Case Rideout https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/10/11/windows-tip-defragment-hard-drive/#comment-2811 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:20:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=12694#comment-2811 You should probably also mention that if Windows users have Norton 360 or other security suite software in place, the disk defragmentation schedule is probably already setup by that program. They probably want to take that into consideration before making changes. Not saying don’t do it, but maybe you don’t need to if it’s already being done as part of the PC tuneup process.

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